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The ONLY two cases in the US were spread through VIOLATION of the CDC guidance.”

Please describe the breaches in protocol you believe occurred, and your evidence for them.

And by “protocols”, I mean guidance on the CDC website in the “for healthcare workers” as of 9/28/14 (use the wayback machine if you didn’t save them).

This has been discussed here before more than once. See here: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/14/health/texas-ebola-nurses-union-claims/index.html excerpts: "On the day that Thomas Eric Duncan was admitted to the hospital with possible Ebola symptoms, he was "left for several hours, not in isolation, in an area where other patients were present," union co-president Deborah Burger said. Up to seven other patients were present in that area, the nurses said, according to the union. A nursing supervisor faced resistance from hospital authorities when the supervisor demanded that Duncan be moved to an isolation unit, the nurses said, according to the union." vs. CDC "•Conduct the procedures in a private room and ideally in an Airborne Infection Isolation Room (AIIR) when feasible. Room doors should be kept closed during the procedure except when entering or leaving the room, and entry and exit should be minimized during and shortly after the procedure." ""There was no one to pick up hazardous waste as it piled to the ceiling," Burger said. "They did not have access to proper supplies."" vs cdc "◾Ebola-associated waste may be inactivated through the use of appropriate autoclaves. Other methods of inactivation (e.g., chemical inactivation) have not been standardized and would need to consider worker safety issues, as well as the potential for triggering other Federal safety regulations. ◦Onsite incineration ◾Ebola-associated waste may be incinerated. The products of incineration (i.e., the ash) can be transported and disposed of in accordance with state and local regulations and standard protocols for hospital waste disposal." from http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/medical-waste-management.html